Multiple choice

Directions: The following problem has a question and two statements labelled (1) and (2). You have to decide whether the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Mark your answer as

Mr. Carpenter wants to build a room in the shape of a rectangle. The area of the floor will be 32 square feet. What is the length of the floor? (1) The length of the floor will be twice the width of the floor. (2) The width of the floor will be 4 feet less than the length of the floor.

  1. if you can get the answer from (1) alone, but not from (2) alone

  2. if you can get the answer from (2) alone, but not from (1) alone

  3. if you can get the answer from (1) and (2) together, although neither statement by itself suffices

  4. if (1) alone suffices and (2) alone suffices

  5. if you cannot get the answer from (1) and (2) together, and need even more data

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct option is (4).

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